Viachaslau Trafimuk

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 12 March 1985

Date of detention: 25 February 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 4 November 2024

Judge: Dzmitryi Shuryn

Cases: Protests in Brest

Viachaslau Trafimuk is a defendant in the case of mass riots opened after the events of August 10, 2020 in Brest.

Trafimuk was detained on February 25, 2021 and taken into custody in pre-trial detention center No. 7.

The trial of Trafimuk and eleven other people involved in the case opened on June 11, 2021.

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